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Thanks to the Parent’s Committee who organised a Christmas raffle to raise funds for the school. We are very grateful to the following companies who very generously donated prizes.
Supervalu Moycullen, Sweeney’s Fuel Station Moycullen, Galway Cakery, Daniel Melia Consulting Engineer, Tree Bark Moycullen, Shane Howard Pharmacy, Matt O’Flaherty Pharmacy Moycullen and Centra Store Moycullen.
Our Christmas play this year was called Stable Manners. It told the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey and the birth of Jesus. It also told the tale of some of the animals who belonged to the innkeeper. We met the hens Lottie and Louise; sheep, Cecil and Sid and pony Bertie who couldn’t agree on who was to get the recently departed Neddy’s stall. Angels Gabriel and Luke were overseeing the whole occasion and there was fun with robbers Grabber and Snatcher, a frustrated policeman, the innkeeper and his right hand man, Sonny, and two narrators as well as Nativity regulars, the shepherds, the angels, the 3 kings, their camels, and a star. It was a great show and the children really enjoyed taking part.
Our Winter Reading Challenge is continuing throughout December. We are encouraging all of the children to read for a small amount of time every day. If they are in the Junior classes a parent can read to/with them instead. We want everyone to enjoy this challenge and ultimately to get into the habit of reading. There are small rewards at various stages of the challenge as an extra incentive!
We had a wonderful response to the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal. Thanks so much to all of the parents and children who took the trouble to participate in this very worthy endeavour.
As part of Science Week we attended a workshop in Brigit’s Garden about science, nature, energy and sustainability. Pupils from 1st to 6th class had a fun, educational day and got to engage in outdoor learning at its best.
We had a fantastic Science Week this year. The Senior Pupils enjoyed showing their expertise to the pupils in the Junior Room during the week and this year the Juniors also got to show off their experiments to their older schoolmates. We were very lucky to have the help of two TY pupils from St.Paul’s Secondary School Oughterard who were in the school on work experience for the week.
Wishing everyone in our school community a very happy and safe Halloween!
Have a look at the fabulous pumpkins that the pupils carved for our Pumpkin Carving Competition!
The pupils in the Senior Room had a wonderful day out at the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children on Thursday the 17th of October. They attended the show The Pale Baron in the Black Box Theatre. Some of the pupils commented that it was the best Baboró show yet!
